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Storm Video is one of the last video stores in Rio de Janeiro. Run by the curious Zé Carlos, the place holds a lot of history, from intriguing customers to absurd phone calls.

A portrait of a homeless woman living on Pacaembu Avenue in São Paulo, surrounded by mansions. In the patch of land she chose to sleep on, she talks about various topics such as housing, foreign debt, her multiple marriages, the situation of the homeless, and more.

Documentary about the editorial and literary movement O Gráfico Amador, which emerged in Recife between 1954 and 1961, and its influence on Brazilian culture. In their youth, artists such as Aloísio Magalhães, Ariano Suassuna and João Cabral de Melo Neto participated in the movement. Attentive to the technical quality of the books, the group introduced color and graphic art into their editions, which are now collector's items

One day in the São Paulo's most unequal neighborhood.

The documentary shows the life of Jacinto Amaral, former football player for the Atlético Mineiro club in Belo Horizonte, Brazil through the eyes of his grandson Bernardo Franco.

A short documentary that portrays the relationship of homosexuals with religion from the life stories of characters who found, when welcomed into an inclusive religious environment, comfort and fulfillment with their own faith. The documentary focuses on the Gospel For All Christian Church (ICEPT), one of the first Christian churches in Brazil to preach Inclusive Theology, and presents testimonies of regulars who experienced rejection within their former faith space due to homosexuality. Theological scholars, representatives of ICEPT and religious members in favor and against inclusive churches participate in the project developing the subject from the human, historical and theological bias of the theme.

A documentary short on Brazil's National Film Archive, the Cinemateca Brasileira, based in the city of São Paulo.

This documentary uncovers the relationship between the city of São Paulo and its waters, a conflicting topic that has been debated since the capital’s early days. The information offered by this film allows for a deeper understanding of the reasons why São Paulo faces so many problems with the waters it is placed over. Under all the concrete and asphalt runs a network of rivers and streams reaching over 1500km in length.

Palco cama is an intimate and unprecedented dive into the creative universe of José Celso Martinez Corrêa. Filmed in his bedroom, in his bed—a space of rest, sex, love, dreams, and creation—the playwright transforms everyday life into a scene, making the bed his stage. In an interview that exposes all the raw material, Zé Celso revisits the genesis of his works, narrating with passion and detail the artistic journey that has shaped Brazilian theater. The film captures the raw material of this performative conversation, where the artist performs, reflects, and surrenders himself before the camera, revealing the body and the word as central forces of his art.

The documentary shows how the Brazilian men's basketball team in the 1980s revolutionized the game with the newly incorporated three-point shot.

On January 13, 2024, heavy rain fell on the state of Rio de Janeiro, flooding streets and devastating entire neighborhoods. Belford Roxo was one of the hardest-hit cities. The documentary portrays the mobilization and struggle of the “Mais Por Nós” project and the Coletivo Cria to help those most affected, who, as a result of environmental racism and the effects of the climate crisis, were left without access to basic services, such as electricity, water, food and personal hygiene items.

Movie made from random cell phone recordings. Fictional but also autobiographical. A path of self-discovery.

The trajectory of one of the greatest circus masters in Brazil, Zé Wilson, returning to his hometown, in the hinterland of Alagoas, when, together with his troupe, he revisits the history of the circus in Brazil.

Three carnival blocks, born in candomblé terreiros in Bahia, are the center of this documentary: Ilê Aiyê, Cortejo Afro and Bankoma. Through work, centenary groups, the film explores black culture, its dances, its fabrics and its ancestry.

"Dê Um Rolê" is a behind‑the‑scenes documentary chronicling Brazilian rock artist Pitty on tour across Brazil supporting her 2014 album SETEVIDAS. Directed and edited by Otavio Sousa, the film includes backstage footage, live performances, team interviews, and reflections on life on the road.

The story of Brazilian poet Torquato Neto, who lived passionately through fracturous times and worked in several fields, including music, journalism, and cinema. He was an active participant in the revolution of Tropicália and marginal art, which changed the course of Brazilian culture in the 1960s and 1970s, until he committed suicide on his 28th birthday.

Realce is a documentary short following two HIV-positive friends, DJ Deseo and porn actor Fernando Brutto, during one of their performances at Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival. The duo move through the streets of Rio and Carnival “blocos,” sharing their reflections on friendship, undetectability, their relationship with sex, and drug use within their own community.

Ailton Krenak, indigenous leader and thinker, talks about the pain of the Watú (or Rio Doce in the Krenak language). Sick with the biggest environmental disaster in Brazilian history, the Mariana Dam disaster, the river asks for help. From the impacts on his village on the banks of the river, he makes an overview of the current Anthropocene period and invites all human beings to a journey of reflection and self-criticism, aiming at urgent but necessary paradigm shifts.

The film presents aspects of Rio Negro and Rio Branco, showing the services of Dr. H. Rice's expedition.

Brazil is going through a political crisis which even representatives of our institutions reproduce speeches that seek to criminalize social movements by framing them as terrorists. The short "Teto Pra Quem" seeks to question the brutality of common sense fueled by the conservative wave by opposing it to the reality of thousands of families and their struggles in the pursuit of one of their most basic human rights: living under a roof.

ETE LONDON follows the journey made by Indigenous filmmaker Takumã Kuikuro to the heart of one of the busiest cities in the world: London. Leaving for a month his family and people in the Xingu Indigenous Reserve, Takumã arrives in Europe with a camera in his hands, the passion for visual recording and the desire to explore the similarities and differences between his culture and that of the Hiper-whites, a term used by Kuikuro to designate non-Brazilians. A humorous and anthropological documentary about society and its many tribes hiding under skyscrapers.

The documentary tells the story of the "Orquestra Criança Cidadã do Coque" [Child Citizen Orchestra of Coque]. This is the realization of a social project, conceived by Judge John Targino, in which the children of one of the most violent neighborhoods of Recife - the "Coque" - receive music and instruments lessons, forming a classical music orchestra. The first part of the documentary features interviews with many parents, talking about their experiences and how the project has changed their lives, not only of their children, but their own. Then, in the second part, we have interviews with the students themselves and watch part of the preparations for the concert commemorating the anniversary of the orchestra - and, of course, all anxiety and expectation that this moment brings to their lives. Finally, in the third part, the concert is shown almost entirety. The kids brilliantly perform orchestral pieces of J. S. Bach, E. Elgar and H. Villa-Lobos.

In 2019, the Brazilian government coordinates the largest and riskiest expedition of the last decades into the Amazon rainforest to search for a group of isolated indigenous people in vulnerability and promote their first contact with non-indigenous. Bruno Pereira, who would later be murdered in the same region and turned into an international symbol in favor of the indigenous and the forest, leads the expedition.

"Mãos que curam" explores folk healing, one of the oldest practices in the world. In it, the use of leaves, which, combined with prayers and hand gestures, offer healing and transformation. This short film draws a line between the ancestral wisdom of folk healers and the force that acts in their practices, showing how tradition, faith, and nature come together in the practice of healing.

A 96-year-old begins to talk about her spirituality, her view of life, and her perspective on what lies ahead. The granddaughter gently weaves moments and memories together.

Sonhos Interrompidos showcases the popular movements that planted new seeds, from which new utopias emerged. The work revisits struggles driven by equality and justice within libertarian movements across different periods in the history of Brazil and the world, connecting the aspirations of various generations for land distribution, education and healthcare for all, and development.

The story of a reporter's passion for his craft. Forty years after covering the Falklands War and very ill, he returns in search of the owner of a diary found in the trenches.

Craftsmanship in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, researched by Professor Saul Martins. The film shows the work of various artisans, with their testimonials about their difficulties in life and influences (religion, customs, beliefs) that are reflected in their ceramics.